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The Mexican finished runner-up behind race winner Max Verstappen in the season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix, but the 22.4 second gap to the front shows how much more progress he needs to make.But while the team is confident that Perez is more at one with this year’s F1 challenger than last season’s RB19, he acknowledges that there is still plenty of room for improvement.“I think at the moment ...Keep reading

The world motorsport governing body launched a fan survey last month asking rally enthusiasts a range of questions to help understand the future direction of the championship.The FIA has confirmed more than 11,000 fans took part in the online survey. The data was presented at the World Motor Sport Council where the FIA released an extensive vision for the future.This vision is the result of work ...Keep reading

The team's prospective entry was rejected by F1 on January 31, but it is still pushing ahead on the basis that it will eventually be allowed in.The images and details of the 90-acre US site, which will be completed in 2025, are a clear sign of how serious the F1 project is.Significantly one of the partners involved in its design is Ridge, a British company that has worked on several UK F1 ...Keep reading

The Spaniard made it clear at the launch of the Aston Martin AMR24 last month that the first step will be to decide whether or not he wants to carry on beyond this season, and then he will make a call on which team he drives for.Lewis Hamilton’s move to Ferrari has left a prime seat open at Mercedes, and the team is focused on readying its F2 protege Kimi Antonelli, with a testing programme in ...Keep reading

Ferrari made wholesale changes to its car after its drivers struggled throughout 2023 with its unpredictable behaviour and sensitivity to changing conditions.That made it particularly hard for Leclerc and Sainz to keep up their race pace, often qualifying well before dropping far behind the Red Bulls.But while Red Bull still has the dominant car, as evidenced by Max Verstappen's emphatic win in ...Keep reading

After an unusual season opener in Bahrain – where all the frontrunners bar the dominant Max Verstappen were hobbled to varying degrees – there was much to expect from Formula 1’s second 2024 round, taking place this weekend in Jeddah.At F1’s second night event in a week, there was again only one session really worth paying close attention too - despite Verstappen leading the way in the ...Keep reading

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The F1 race in Saudi runs to a similar schedule to Bahrain, which means qualifying will take place a day earlier than usual on Friday.What time does qualifying for the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix start?The qualifying for the Saudi Arabian GP will begin at 8pm local time (+3 GMT) on Friday.
Date: Friday, 8 March 2024
Start time: 20:00 local time / 17:00 GMT / 18:00 CET / 19:00 SAT / 20:00 EAT / ...Keep reading

While on a hot lap through the Jeddah Corniche Circuit's snaking high-speed blasts, Sargeant had to take evading action to avoid a slow-driving Lewis Hamilton through Turn 10.As Hamilton moved over to the racing line, Sargeant had to jink right to cross the kerbs, labelling the near-miss as "dangerous" on the team radio.Read Also:


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Although new seasons introduce different challenges, Graham Rahal is about to embark on an unprecedented experience. This weekend’s IndyCar Series season opener in St. Petersburg will coincide with the debut of his newly-created MotoAmerica team which is simultaneously competing at Daytona.The 35-year-old announced the formation of Rahal Ducati Moto nearly six months ago, with a focus on ...Keep reading

Sainz cancelled his media commitments on Wednesday after feeling unwell.He then finished seventh in Thursday evening's second free practice session, 0.628s behind pacesetter Fernando Alonso in the Aston Martin and three tenths behind Ferrari team-mate Charles Leclerc in fourth.After the session, Sainz was seen having to compose himself in the cockpit of his SF-24 before finally getting out.The ...Keep reading

The start of the second one-hour session on Thursday in Jeddah was delayed by 10 minutes as the FIA checked drain covers in the pitlane, but it ran to time under the lights in what is the only representative practice night-time running ahead of qualifying and the race.Oscar Piastri led the pack out of the pits in his McLaren and set the initial first-place benchmark at 1m32.956s after Valtteri ...Keep reading

The eight-time grand prix world champion will embark on his first season on Ducati machinery this year, having spent 11 seasons with Honda.Ending pre-season testing in competitive form, Marquez said last month that he was looking for the final three tenths of lap time to get on terms with the leading riders.Speaking ahead of this weekend’s Qatar Grand Prix, Marquez says he is feeling good on the ...Keep reading

Kyle Larson held off a charging Tyler Reddick to win at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, with Chevrolet winning all three races to start the new year. It was Larson's 24th career victory.Larson also won both stages in Vegas, and has taken over the championship standings as a result. He leads Ryan Blaney and Martin Truex Jr. in the Cup standings.William Byron, who is fourth in points, is the defending ...Keep reading

Verstappen has a deal that runs to 2028, although as is normal practice in F1, there are believed to be some escape clauses that would allow him to go elsewhere before the contract's official end.In the wake of the ongoing controversy involving Horner, there is currently considerable tension between the team boss and Verstappen's father Jos, with the latter saying in Bahrain that the team risked ...Keep reading

As first reported by the BBC, a whistleblower has come forward with two claims against Ben Sulayem.The first accusation is that he attempted to get a penalty overturned in last year’s Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, when Fernando Alonso was reprimanded for Aston Martin having prematurely touched his car during a pitstop when he was already serving a five-second penalty for incorrectly lining up at the ...Keep reading

Last year saw a new minimum tyre pressure set that all riders had to adhere to for 30% of a sprint race and 50% of a grand prix, with the regulation mandated from the British Grand Prix onwards following a period of development for the new Tyre Pressure Management System.The penalties for breaking this rule were handed out on a sliding scale from a warning for a first offence followed by a ...Keep reading

Following a complaint raised by a female employee, the team's parent company Red Bull GmbH ordered an investigation by an independent lawyer, which lasted eight weeks.After its conclusion Red Bull dismissed the grievance, but additional leaks to the press, which included purported evidence of WhatsApp messages between Horner and the complainant, further raised the pressure on Horner and the ...Keep reading

Newgarden made clear his ambition to race at the centrepiece round of the WEC before and after his Daytona 24 Hours victory with PPM in January, but the team has revealed that the two spaces in the third 963 LMDh it will field at Le Mans on 15/16 June will be taken by full-season drivers from its IMSA SportsCar Championship line-up.That means the team-mates for Mathieu Jaminet, the only driver ...Keep reading

KTM protege Acosta is considered by many as one of the most talented riders to come through the junior ranks in the last few years, leading to comparisons with Marquez and the success he enjoyed at the start of his MotoGP career.Then factory Honda rider Marquez scored a victory in only his second race in the premier class back in 2013, becoming the youngest rider to clinch victory in the series at ...Keep reading